It's no surprise that the Louisville women were a 24-point underdog to Baylor in Las Vegas casinos, according to gambling expert R.J. Bell of Pregame.com. Considered a lock for the Final Four -- and prohibitive favorites to win a second straight championship -- All-American Brittney Griner, the second-highest scoring player in NCAA history, and her Lady Bears got bounced 82-81, though, by fifth-seeded Louisville in the NCAA regional semifinal.

Leading the charge for the U of L was, again, All-Everything point guard Shoni Schimmel. She drained five three-pointers and hit from everywhere else closer to the hoop, finishing with a team-high 22 points. Shoni's sister and super sixth-woman, Jude Schimmel, added six points, five rebounds and three assists, tied for tops on the team. The Schimmel sisters are from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon.

Next up for the Schimmels and the Cardinals is another tough test: They'll face the second-seeded Tennessee Lady Volunteers in the Elite Eight tomorrow night, April 2, at 9 pm/ET. The game will air on ESPN2 and online on ESPN3 (check Espn.go.com/watchespn, for listings details.).

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Here this picture is so much more about gloating but it represents a Native woman being able to shine on a national level and say "we are here too". Beyond that Shoni literally stood up and said, "our people have so many unseen and unknown talented athletes and the African American is not the only minority group that counts or that can be competitive." I thought of it when I saw this picture and how moving it is. Shoni Schimmel had had enough of being discounted and she went to work. Will she ever know the ferocity and impact it had for Native women and all Native athletes? That is meant to be seen but I expect great things from this lady.

Not happy with ESPN's choice to cover Baylor when the story was Shoni taking it to this year's greatest player in the history of women's basketball: lay-ups, 3 point shots, and so much Native-style smart, wily basketball! I mean what about when she shot the 3, missed the shot, but got the foul and made all 3 free-throws! And then ESPN replaying the offensive foul, hinting that it was a questionable call! What about the very questionable offensive foul against Louisville just a couple plays before that? It was not street ball that brought down Baylor-it was Native ball! I love it!

As a Louisville fan I am embarrassed how this team played VS Baylor. We will forever be known as bush league thugs and for all you so called "Native" Americans that take pride in such thug like behavior you should be ashamed of yourself at least the Baylor players especially the Griner girl stayed composed and did not resort to what she was being dealt.